The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-26
industrial and Trade Notes

they have imported.
Albert Gall. of this city. received the contract
for carpets and window shades for furnishing
the Soldiers Orphans Home at knightstown.
lockwood. Newcomb g. Co. last week shipped
one of their large saw-mills to MINNEAPOLIS and
an engine to run it, another to Tilden, H.. and
one to New Castle, Ind.
The United States Encaustic Tile Company
last week was awarded the contract TO furnish the
tIling for two court-houses. to be erected in
Ohio and the other in Illinois.
The Nordyke g. Marmon Company last week
made large shipment of milling machinery to
Fresmillo. Mexico being the fourth shipment Of
the kind in the present year to that point
The wholesale house of Tanner & Sullivan has
done double the amount of importing Russia
iron, timers supplies, ETC., the past year that
they have done in any year since they estab
lished their house
Laycock & Co. have closed the contract to
furnish all the coiled wire springs during the
coming year to the lounge factories located here.
It will require 400 tons more of wire, judging
from the preeent outlook for business with the
lounge factories
Dean Brothers have recently brought out
new line of air pumps, which are used in oil re-
hneries for agitating oils Orders have been
received this week for pumps to go to Sheffield.
Ala, Oskaloosa, Ia. Obion, Tenn, Mt Vernon,
o., and Kansas City, Mo.
The American paper pulley works of this city
has contracted with Birdsall d Co, of Auburn.
n. Y, builders oe threshers and clover seed clean
ers, to furnish them with a large number of
their pulleys They last week made large ship
ment of their puileys to New Orleans.
Chandler & Taylor have just started one of
their fifty horsepower engines for the Indian
apos Roingmill Company. 1t is used to
drive their cold saw for cutting off steel rails
This is the second engine sold to this company
this season, the first being used for electric
light purposes.
The Indianapolis n1alleable iron works have
had very prosperous year, giving employment
to over 700 men and boys. Their business is in
creasing to such extent that they contem-
y,1o{a tbatnh r1t1d
increasing their force to 1000 men, when the
contemplated improvements are finished.
So crowded most of the machine shops
with orders that they will not shut down through
the holidays as they have been doing for some
years past. The oldest machinery builders hero
that they enter the year 1888 with more
ders on their books than they have had at the
commencement Of any of the last ten years
Within the last thirty days over fifty carloads
Of natural gas pipe have been brought in here
over the Eastern lines. The Pennsylvania Com
pany last week in shipment brought west
from Pittsburg ten carloads for the Broad Rip
pie company which are now standing on the c.,
l., St. L. s. G. sidetrack at the North street sta
tion
An order for a complete fiour-mill driven By
eteam power was received by the Nordyke &
Marmon Company, of this city. this week from
q milling firm near the city of chihuahua. Mex
leo. The cost of freight, customs duties. etc,
will exceed ST. 800, besides the cost of the
chinery. fiour-mill driven by steam is odd
ity for that country
The Oliver chilled pow works have made
their Indianapolis distributing house a much
more i'm portant one than heretofore Supplies
will be handled here for all territory in southern
Indiana, northern Kentucky. southwestern
Ohio. and the river counties of Virginia, and
eastern Illinois. In this territory the number of
agents is to be increased fully one hundred.
Six months ago the products from corn manu-
featured at the hominy mills sold at lower prices
than at any time since hominy mills that pro-
duced such variety of articles from corn were
established, but within the last few weeks with
products have begun to advance. and at the
close of the year prices are higher than ever be-
fore and large orders are being received.
Mention WAS made few weeks ago that
of the wholesale grocery firms had purchased
1000 Howe sewing machines. such formerly
sold at $685. and were giving one OF these ma
chimes to ever grocer that purchased 100 pounds
of their spices. In this the 1000
machines have been distributed, and tho firm
has just purchased as many more, the demand
the last month having far exceeded their expec-
tations.
The Van Camp Canning Company is remodel
ing the old Holmes. Petit & Bradshaw packing
house. adapting it to their business. Beside
doubling their fruit canning capacity they in
tend to go into tn 9 manufacture of jeilies. pre-
serves and mince meat much more extensively
than heretofore. During their busy season
they expect to give employment to 1000 hands
and the year round to 80. They employ fe-
males largely.
The general agents of the sewing machine
companies state that tine sales or the past year
exceeding those Of 1886 25 per cent. at least. So
many improvements have been made to the old
style of machines, and new ones introduced.
that there has been good deal of exchanging of
old STYLES for the new manufacture It is stated
that this year fully 5000 machines have been
broken up which were taken in on exchange IN
Indianapolis.
Within the last six weeks over 700 carloads
of anthracite coal have been received by the Iu-
diana polis dealers, which has enabled them to
fill all their back orders and have good supply
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never better supplied with all kinds of coal.
Pittsburg excepted. than at the present time A
reduction ia to be made ON anthracite Goals Jan.
last and it is thought in due time this market
will break and lower rate OF prices will be es-
tablished.
Never Bros coal dealers this year have quite
a bonanza in their coke-trafic agreement with
the Indianapolis Gas Company. They take all
the company's product, which amounts to over
500 900 bushels per aunum, at seven cents per
bushel, and are selling at wholesale all they can
spare after supplying their own customers, at
eleven cents per bushel This is said to be the
first time in many years when coal firm has
made big profits through the purchase of the
coke product of the gas-works
Hetherington g. Berner Saturday night
shut down for two weeks TO make extensive i'm
provements in their foundry and make several
changes in the location of their machinery.
About JAN Q they will start mp a seveuty-fve-
horsepower engine In their new build
ing This establishment has been one
Of the healthy growing ones of Indianapolis
The company commence the year in build
ings ninetv-fve feet wide by 300 feet long, with
a seventy hve-horse-power engine.
The large brick-yards, as well as the less i'm
portant ones shut down for the winter last
week. During the season about 80 600 900 bricks
were manufactured, and about 4, OOO 600 are now
in the yards, smaller number than at the cor
responding period in 1886 The weather has been
so open that about 100 900 brick were delivered
per Gay In the early part of December. Manufact-
urers express the opinion that next year the de-
mand for brick will be as great in the past
year. Among the large orders is one from tha